Admiral Joe Sestak Discusses Need to Create Manufacturing Jobs
Admiral Joe Sestak kicked off the seventh day of his walking tour
across Pennsylvania by discussing his support for the creation of manufacturing jobs
in Pennsylvania. He then began walking 16 miles today.
Joe began his walk last week on the New Jersey border in Philadelphia and will end
it 422 miles later when he arrives at the border with Ohio. When Joe kicked off his
campaign, he said America is about “We the People,” and that-quoting Scout in To
Kill a Mockingbird-“You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and
walk around in them.” Therefore, over the next few weeks, Joe will walk in the shoes
of Pennsylvanians he meets along his walk.
As a U.S. Congressman from 2007 to 2011, Joe fought to keep manufacturing jobs in
the United States. He voted to close tax loopholes that ship jobs overseas. The 7th
Congressional District lost over 20 percent of all manufacturing jobs from the late
1990’s to 2006. Almost all of those lost manufacturing jobs were in small
businesses.
As the former Vice Chairman of the Small Business Committee, Joe focused on helping
small business owners and people with manufacturing jobs thrive. He authored and
passed legislation to help small business owners compete with larger companies for
federal contracts; supported entrepreneurship through business development centers;
and helped small manufacturers survive in a competitive global economy. He also
authored legislation to spur angel investing and venture capital investing in small
businesses, especially manufacturing firms, and voted to establish the Office of
Angel Investment within the Small Business Administration (SBA). Joe’s appreciation
for small businesses and their role came from having served as the Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations, responsible for development of the Navy’s five-year $350 billion
warfare requirements, where the innovation and competitiveness of small business
were crucial.
In order to have sustained manufacturing jobs, Joe believes we must invest in human
capital through job training programs. He voted four times to fund the Department of
Education’s Office of Career, Adult and Technical Education, which includes funding
for states to improve career and technical education in high schools, community
colleges, as well as vocational and technical schools. He created in his district
the Higher Education and Workforce Development Advisory Committee, which consisted
of local business owners, educators and parents. Joe also sponsored legislation to
allow veterans to pursue vocational training programs under the post-9/11 GI Bill.
Joe’s campaign is about accountable leadership that serves “We the People.” He
believes the biggest deficit in America today is the “trust deficit” and is running
to restore Americans’ lost trust in their political leaders by being accountable to
serve those whose shoes public servants should be walking in.
Uncategorized | jweaver March 11, 2015
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